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Note: coming Co, and graduated from Du Bois High School, Du Bois, Clearfield Co, PA. He worked at the Du Bois Hotel in the depression years before attending Nyack Missionary College in Nyack, New York where he graduated in 1939. His first churches were mission churches of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Denomination from about 1939- 41, Madera, and 1945-50 in Marysville, PA.. From about 1942-1944 he and Ruth lived in the apartment of the Homestead in Nescopeck.
From 1945-1950, while serving in the Keystone Perry Charge near Marysville, LeRoy worked for Abraham Brubaker of Grantham, PA, painting homes, and he spent some time as a chaplain with the Puerto Rican workers in Enola Railroad Yards. In 1950 he moved his family to Berwick, Columbia, Co and assisted his father in the Berwick Freese Avenue Mission Church as well as working at the American Car and Foundry Co. In the spring of 1953, he attended the General Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Denomination which was held in Berwick, and asked for an assignment. They placed him in the Mexico, Juniata County Charge. He remained in that denomination until it merged with the United Methodist Denomination in the 1960's His charges were in Mexico, Howard, Liverpool, Rebersburg, Clearfield, and Austin. Upon retirement and living at the Lewisburg Retirement Community for Ministers he also preached as a layman in neighboring churches. Throughout his life he pastored about 36 churches. He called himself in his later years a "Circuit Rider" after the tradition of Francis Asbury, founding bishop of American Methodism.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_rider_(religious)
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Leroy Sholes Jr. enjoyed writing poetry and wrote a yearly poem for a Christmas letter, sharing it with his church members, family and friends. On occasion he placed a poem on a wide ribbon and presented it to one on a special occasion.
He had tact and a dry sense of humor. He displayed meekness and love. He enjoyed reading, puns and crossword puzzles. Having little time for recreation, I believe his doing puzzles were his relaxing mechanism for the stresses of a heavy load he carried in serving five church charges. He was much loved by the parishioners and their appreciation was shared on occasions as the family moved from Charge to Charge. He had a wonderful tenor voice and in his younger years sang solos and he and Ruth sang duets on occasion.
Leroy died April 9, 1981 in Lewisburg Hospital of congestive heart failure.
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ARCHIVES OF THE SUSQUEHANNA CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
http://www.lycoming.edu/umarch/ev_pastors/s.htm
SHOLES, LEROY KUMLER
Born: 12-17-1912 Williamsport PA married: Ruth Helen Swarts
Died: 4-9-1981 obit: 1982,393
1939 license, recommended by DuBois CMA
1944 ordained elder, Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Interment: Obit: 1981,341
1939-41 Madera C & M A
1941-45 Nescopeck
1945-50 Marysville C & M A mission
1950-53 Berwick mission
1953 transfer to Central Pennsylvania Conference of the EUB Church
1953-59 Mexico
1959-62 Howard
1962-68 Liverpool
1968-71 Rebersburg
1971-75 Clearfield Christ
1975-78 Austin
1978 retired associate, Milton St. Andrews
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Proof of Kumler as the middle name is on Leroy Sr's draft registration card. Also it is used by the United Methodist Church in their archives and they would have received it from Leroy Jr.
He was named after Rev L Kumler of Briar Creek who was minister of the Bower Memorial EUB Church in Berwick the year Leroy Kumler Sr was born .
[Rev. A. H. Hand resigned on account of ill health and Aug. i, 1845, Rev. Alexander Heberton became pastor. He was followed by Rev. James F. Kennedy, who served from Jan. 23, 1848, to April 27, 1850. In turn he was followed by Rev. T. K. Newton, who served from August 18, 1853, to Sept. 29, 1855. Rev. P. W. Mellick was pastor from October, 1863, to 1865. The preaching appointments were at this time Berwick (present Bower Memorial), Briarcreek, Stone Church, Moore's Schoolhouse and Lockport (now Beach Haven). The next minutes were entered on Oct. 24, 1868, by Rev. James Dickson, who served until Nov. 2, 1879. Following pastors were: <b>Rev. L. M. Kumler, 1880-88;</b> Rev. George H. Stephens, 1890-98; Rev. Joseph Hunter, 1899-1905; and Rev. Edward A. Loux, 1905-14. At different periods Rev. A. M. Morgan, Rev. J. F. Kennedy, Rev. Joseph Marr, Rev. Edward Kennedy, Rev. James M. Salmon and Rev. James R. Gibson have sustained pastoral relations with this church. Rev. Edward Franklin Reimer, A. M., B. D., a graduate of Lafayette College and Princeton Seminary, who also spent a year in post- graduate study in Princeton University and Princeton Seminary, receiving then his divinity degree, was installed pastor Oct. 31, 1914. He is a native of Easton, Pa., and has had extensive experience in evangelistic, missionary and literary work.]
Note: Leroy Kumler Sholes Jr. was born December 17 1912 in Loyalsock Twp, Ly
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